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25Jul
2017

Do you have the cutest kid?

The search is on for the cutest Tot in town!
All children from the age of 0 to 3 years old (must be 3 or under on 1st September 2017) can be entered into the FREE babay competition to find the town's cutest Tot 2017.
There are 3 age groups to enter, with professional photographs being taken at various times on Thursday 31st August and Friday 1st September 2017, inside The Marquee on Mansfield Market Place.
One photo will be taken to enter the competition but then you have the option to buy various photo packages on the day.
Your chance to ...

Show off your magnificent flowers, veg and fruit at Mansfield Garden and Craft Festival

If you’ve grown giant carrots, huge cauliflowers, large leeks, or lanky parsnips, then Mansfield’s Garden and Craft Festival Open Show is where you should be showing your produce.
And the call for entries is coming from green-fingered Joe Atherton, and he knows a thing or two about prize-winning veg.
From his garden in Mansfield Woodhouse, Joe has produced vegetables that have broken world records. The retired miner has at different times held nine records, the certificates hanging proudly in his home.
He still holds four world records.
“When it comes to large veg, there&...

Mansfield urged to show support for the Armed Forces

Veterans from the Mansfield area are urging local folk to enjoy the town’s Armed Forces Day - where people will see a flypast from an RAF Hurricane.
The event takes place in Mansfield’s Market Place on Sunday, June 25, between 10.30am and 3pm, and includes a parade, a display of army vehicles, a market, food stalls and music from the group The Cherry Belles.
A short parade at 10.15am from The Buttercross, West Gate to the Market Place for 10.30am will mark the opening of the event
Children can also make model Spitfires, and ...

LOUNGERS OPENS CAPO LOUNGE IN MANSFIELD

Loungers, the West Country based restaurant/café/bar group has opened a brand new site in Mansfield. Capo Lounge opened on Stockwell Gate creating 25 jobs for local people.
Loungers has spent £571K transforming the site into a family-friendly retro-inspired cosy retreat, where eclectic art work and quirky curios sit next to oversized vintage sofas and old school benches, Pop Art-inspired table tops and statement lighting, in the eclectic style much loved by Lounge aficionados. A huge mixed media mural depicting the area’s connection with the coal industry has been commissioned for ...

Popstar to headline Mansfield’s Party on the Market

Popstar to headline Mansfield’s Party on the Market
A spectacular open air party, headlined with a live performance from Kevin Simm, the Brit Award Winning Liberty X singer and winner of The Voice UK 2016, is to be held in Mansfield town centre.
Party on the Market takes place on July 9, and will also see Little Mix tribute band Little Fix, ABBA Fever, and disco, funk & soul band Ginny Brown & the Collective, playing live to the crowds.
And organisers are hoping this free, family event will become an annual date where people can be entertained, be ...

Wills review urged following inheritance tax changes

Homeowners who have historically used trusts as a way of reducing inheritance tax bills should review their Wills as soon as possible.
That’s the advice from Wills, probate and trusts specialist Richard Howard from law firm Fidler & Pepper Solicitors.
Changes came into force in April that mean people could have an additional £100,000 (in basic terms, a total of £425,000 per person) before they pay any inheritance tax, provided that an estate includes a property which has been or is their residence and that property is closely inherited.
The term closely inherited means direct descendants, so siblings ...

Apprentice Sophie shortlisted in awards final

An apprentice at Fidler & Pepper Solicitors has been shortlisted for an award.
Sophie Wise has made it to the finals of the first Johnston Press North Midlands and South Yorkshire Apprenticeship of the Year awards, being held on Tuesday, May 16 at the Showroom Workstation in Sheffield.
Sophie, who works in the conveyancing department, said: “It’s exciting news to be told that you have been shortlisted for an award like this.
“I love being an apprentice at Fidler & Pepper. You learn a lot from people and by doing the job and you feel like you ...

MANSFIELD COBBLER DAVID LEE SET FOR WORLD AWARD

David Lee, Manager of Quality shoe repairs, Regent Street, Mansfield is set to become only the second British shoe repairer in history to claim an award at the SSIA 113th Convention in Long Beach, CA.
This shoe repair competition only attracts the very best shoe repairers in the world so standards must be of the highest quality to make the final cut.
David Lee who became Mansfield's first ever award winner in the JR shoe repairer of the year in October 2016 is now set for his second award in less than 12 months.
What motivated me to ...

Photography Exhibition to Light-up Mansfield Town Centre Again...
First Art will light up Mansfield Town Centre with an illuminated photo exhibition this April and May. The exhibition features award winning and internationally renowned artists who have created new work about the people and places of the area. The work will be displayed outdoors, in Mansfield Market Place, in stunning lightboxes that first came to the town in 2015.
The exhibition is part of a 2-year international touring project, Flâneur – New Urban Narratives, which started its epic journey in Mansfield with First Art’s Portrait lightbox ...

Bookings are now being taken!

For the I Love Christmas in Mansfield Market - The Nutcracker Wonderland
This November will see a Christmas market with a theme in the Mansfield town centre. A number of brand new chalets will be in place for two weeks on the run up to Christmas.
This will be from Mon 20th November (the day after our xmas switch on event). The Market opens on Tuesday 21st Nov until Sunday 3rd Dec. 10am – 6pm and 8pm on both Thursdays for late night shopping. Bookings are being taken from stallholders now by contacting sarah@mansfieldbid.com ...